Galaxy NGC 1448 Wall Art including Frame Frame Colors:Walnut and has expanded and evolved

and has expanded and evolved significantly in recent years (an image from 1997 can be seen here

is attached to Yepun

in cooperation with ESA (European Space Agency)

appears to float serenely in the depths of space

in this new image

Galaxy NGC 1448 Wall Art including Frame Frame Colors:Walnut and has expanded and evolvedNGC 1448, a galaxy with an active galactic nucleus, is seen in this image combining data from the Carnegie Irvine Galaxy Survey in the optical range and NuSTAR in the X ray range. This galaxy contains an example of a supermassive black hole hidden by gas and dust. X ray emissions from NGC 1448, as seen by NuSTAR and Chandra, suggests for the first time that, like IC 3639 in PIA21087, there must be a thick layer of gas and dust hiding the active black